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Join our host Nick Caruso and a rotating cast of Gear Patrol staffers every week as we have a good time discussing and debating products, their stories, and the culture surrounding them.
Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
In this bonus episode we sit down with the entire team to discuss our annual end of year product round up - the GP100. We’ll get into the history of the list, how we approach the process of selecting products and geek out over some of the picks that stood out to us and why.
Guest(s):
- Ben Bowers, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer
- Tucker Bowe, Editor
- Johnny Brayson, Editor
- Mykim Dang, Director of Video and Platforms
- Steve Mazzucchi, Managing Editor
- Jack Seemer, Gear Patrol Managing Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- Welcome to the GP100
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
Today, Watch Editor Johnny Brayson talks with Gear Patrol Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer Ben Bowers about how the dive watch came to dominate and define the watch industry and the greater world of men's fashion.
Guest(s):
- Ben Bowers, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer
- Johnny Brayson, Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/a35195715/rolex-submariner/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/iconic-dive-watches/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/a650291/5-questions-before-you-buy-a-dive-watch/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/a33338196/how-to-use-a-dive-watch-bezel/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/a575793/how-to-maintain-a-dive-watch/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
Today, our Tech and Audio Editor Tucker Bowe talks with Managing editor Jack Seemer about why physical media - including Vinyl, and even CDs - is regaining popularity among music fans.
Guest(s):
- Jack Seemer, Gear Patrol Managing Editor
- Tucker Bowe, Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/tech/musicians-first-records-vinyl-stories/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/audio/reasons-to-buy-cds/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
In this special episode, we go into the field and get a look inside the resoling process behind L.L.Bean’s iconic Bean Boot and the Maine Hunting Shoe.
Managing Editor Steve Mazzucchi and I hear from the people responsible for recrafting thousands of boots every year and learn about what makes their process and culture so unique.
Guest(s):
- John Camelio, Director of Manufacturing
- Mary Goyette, Personalized Services / Rebuilds
- Ben, Stitcher / Tour Guide
- Steve Mazzucchi, Managing Editor
- Mykim Dang, Director of Video and Platforms
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/ll-bean-field-coat-vintage/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/outdoors/ll-bean-vintage-bean-boots/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
Today, our Executive Editor and marathoner Jack Seemer educates Chief Content Officer Ben Bowers on a hot topic that's dominating conversations in the running world today: supershoes.
During the conversation, they touch on what exactly makes a shoe "super," and how the high-tech shoes are changing the game for elite athletes and casual runners alike. They also take a step back to dig into the broader implications for the shoe industry and other sports in the future.
Guest(s):
- Jack Seemer, Executive Editor
- Ben Bowers, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/fitness/a46278485/nike-alphafly-3/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/fitness/on-cloudboom-strike/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/fitness/on-lightspray-running-shoes/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
Today, Gear Patrol’s Co-Founder, Chief Content Officer and reformed whiskey collector Ben Bowers educates Editor Johnny Brayson on the confusing and sometimes sketchy production practices surrounding Japanese Whisky as well as the industry’s efforts to fix it.
Guest(s):
- Ben Bowers, Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer
- Johnny Brayson, Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/drinks/hatozaki-whisky-omakase-rye/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/drinks/a577256/guide-to-suntory-japanese-whisky/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/drinks/a569523/hunting-for-japanese-whiskey/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
In this episode, Editors Steve Mazzucchi and Tucker Bowe, our resident audio expert, dive into the world of home theater audio and the major trends that define it today, including the rise of soundbars.
Steve also reveals his own embarrassing home theater setup while getting advice on what to buy next. If you've ever struggled to hear dialogue on your TV or felt like your movie-watching experience was lacking that cinematic punch, this is an episode for you.
Guest(s):
- Steve Mazzuchi, Managing Editor
- Tucker Bowe, Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/audio/sonos-arc-ultra-soundbar-review/
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/audio/affordable-dolby-atmos-soundbars/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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Welcome to Know Your Stuff, a podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
In this episode, our editors sat down to discuss the key milestones over the past century that helped vault Snoopy the Beagle into the most beloved animated character in watchmaking. To understand the trend, they talk through the surprising history of character watches in general before digging into how the beloved cartoon beagle Snoopy became intertwined with NASA's space program, which in turn spawned some of the most sought-after watches in recent years.
Guest(s):
- Steve Mazzuchi, Managing Editor
- Johnny Brayson, Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- https://www.gearpatrol.com/watches/snoopy-watches/
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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This is Know Your Stuff, a Gear Patrol podcast where we unbox trends in consumer culture, one topic at a time.
In today's episode, associate editor Tucker Bowe asks executive editor and beer expert Jack Seemer to discuss a significant trend in the beer world. Along the way, they touch on the differences between East Coast and West Coast IPAs, explore the rise of hazy IPAs and discuss where the trend could be headed next.
Guest(s):
- Jack Seemer, Gear Patrol Managing Editor
- Tucker Bowe, Editor
Background Reading and Referenced Articles
- This Used to Be America’s Top Beer Style. What Happened?
- The Complete Beer Guide to IPAs: From Hazy to West Coast and More
- East Coast IPA vs West Coast IPA: What’s the Difference?
The podcast is produced by our Director of Video and Platforms, Mykim Dang.
For more information on Gear Patrol or Know Your Stuff, visit the Gear Patrol Podcast Hub and our about us page.
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What’s the deal with super shoes? Are CDs officially back? And why is Snoopy, everyone’s favorite cartoon beagle, always showing up on watches?
Come find out on Know Your Stuff, a new podcast miniseries from our team of product experts.
Over the course of eight episodes, our crew will unbox a wide range of trends changing the face of consumer culture through a series of informative, and deeply nerdy, conversations.
We hope you enjoy it and look forward to hearing about ways to improve or new topics to cover. As always, thanks for supporting our work.
Mykim Dang, Director of Video and Platforms at Gear Patrol reads Executive Editor Jack Seemer's coverage on the return of Filson's iconic Duffle Backpack Hybrid.
Caitlyn Shaw, Gear Patrol's Director of Growth Strategy reads former Gear Patrol Associate Staff Writer Tyler Chin's piece exploring backstory behind the feature at the bottom of every wine bottle.
Associate Editor Johnny Brayson tells us what we need to know about the four-season capsule which assembles in under five minutes, can sleep four, and fits into a backpack.
Listen in as Tech Staff Writer Tucker Bowe shares how you can probably save big on your next Sonos purchase — including the Ace headphones.
Executive Editor Jack Seemer tells us about the new Hoka Anacapa 2 Freedom and its innovative features like the heel counter, rendering the shoe similar to a slip-on that goes on and off in seconds.
Gear Patrol Founder Eric Yang was on site for the LA reveal of the Octa, Land Rover's fastest, most powerful Defender ever. But if you ask its creator, Jamal Hameedi, the impressive off-roader portends so much more.
Associate Tech Editor Tucker Bowe tells us about why the power amplifier is an endangered hi-fi component.
Tech Editor Tucker Bowe shares what you need to know about all the major updates for messaging in iOS 18.
Associate Editor Johnny Brayson gives us the Crown's update on its big expansion plans.
Executive Editor Jack Seemer shares why if coffee lovers don't already own an AeroPress for brewing coffee on the road, the company's latest release may finally sway them.
Associate Editor Johnny Brayson shares the details behind Bellroy’s new travel backpack with an ingenious feature perfect for airports.
Tech Editor Tucker Bowe spent over a week testing the Sonos Ace headphones. They’re excellent but also full of surprises he didn’t expect.
Associate Editor Johnny Brayson shares his thoughts on the Locomotive which was designed by the legendary Gérald Genta himself.
Associate Editor Johnny Brayson shares the details behind Jim Beam's oldest whiskey ever bottled.
Executive Editor Jack Seemer reads his article "Big Green Egg’s Highly Collectible Outdoor Fireplace Is Back."
Gear Patrol's Chief Content Officer Ben Bowers reads his article titled "This Cult Miracle Cleaner Has Rescued My Couch More Times than I Can Count."
Gear Patrol's Associate Editor Johnny Brayson reads his article titled: "Is 2024 the Year of the Pink Watch? These Releases Seal It."
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Google Home updates cause (figurative) nightmares, Lamborghini is making an off-road Huracan, and Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion.
Navigation:
05:24 – Google Home's White Noise Update Wreaks Havoc
16:54 – Lamborghini Takes the Huracan Off-Road
27:15 – Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard
39:53 – Our Favorite New Gear Releases
Featured and Related:
- Google fixes issue with the Assistant's white noise sound that had sparked user outcry – The Verge
- Solved: Re: White Noise ambient sound has changed, is ther... - Google Nest Community
- People are losing sleep after Google replaced the 'white noise' sound on Nest speakers – Engadget
- Google Faces Backlash After Changing White Noise Ambient Sound – PCMAG
- Google Assistant Changed Its White Noise Sound and People Are Pissed [Update – Gizmodo
- Google Home, Nest Hub white noise ambient sound changes – 9to5Google
- Lamborghini's Wild Off-Road Huracan Seems Bound for Production – Gear Patrol
- Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Spied As All-Terrain Supercar – Motor1
- Lamborghini Turned Its Best Sports Car Into an Off-Roader – Gear Patrol
- Now That We've Driven the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, Will It Be Built? – Motor Trend
- Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica and Sterrato trademarks hint at send-off specials – The Drive
- Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Spied As All-Terrain Supercar – Motor1
- Is Porsche Secretly Working on an Off-Road 911? – Gear Patrol
- Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion – Engadget
- It’s Not Complicated. Microsoft Wants Activision for Its Games. – The New York Times
- Is Microsoft building a gaming monopoly? – The Verge
- Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games – Vox
- Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft's $70 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision – Kotaku
- A guide to Microsoft's Xbox game studios empire – The Verge
- Microsoft deal to deliver $390 million payday for Activision's embattled CEO – CNN
- GameStop stock sinks toward 11-month low as Microsoft-Activision merger poses 'walled garden' risk – MarketWatch
Which automakers produce the most vegan-friendly cars, a machine that projects aromas like speakers throw sound, and how COVID changed our shopping habits.
Navigation:
03:23 – Vegan-Friendly Cars: Which Brand Offers the Most Overall?
20:00 – What the Hell Is a Smell Speaker?
29:20 – COVID's Effect on Our Shopping Trends
Featured and Related:
- Study Finds Out Which Are The Most Vegan-Friendly Automakers – CarScoops
- Vegan Friendly Cars (original study post) – Dick Lovett
- Vegan cars: how veganism and sustainability shape the latest models – Auto Express
- Soft, warm and vegan-friendly, Volvo cars go leather-free – Reuters
- The Complete Vegan Guide to Buying a Car – LiveKindly
- Leather-Free Car Interiors Are Here, Thanks to PETA – PETA
- Cruelty-Free Cars: A Guide to Making Vegan Car Choices – VEGWORLD Magazine
- PETA and the Secret History of Vegan Leather Car Interiors – CleanTechnica
- Skoda Could Use Biological Raw Materials In Its Vehicles' Interiors – CarScoops
- Devon Turnbull: Old School Hi-fi Influencer - Resistor Magazine |
- Devon Turnbull talks Ojas speakers with Steve Guttenberg the Audiophiliac | In Sheeps Clothing
- The New Normal – Schema Design, Google Trends, and Axios
- Today in Gear: 5 Products to Know Every Day – Gear Patrol
- Garmin vívomove Hybrid Smartwatch ($180+)
- Diemme x Hiking Patrol: Roccia Vet Orange Cordura ($445)
- Hiking Patrol on Instagram
- The Leica M11: A Masterclass of Digital Photography — And Restraint – Gear Patrol
- Incense Holder – Craighill ($18)
It's no surprise that Gear Patrol fans have great taste and lofty product resolutions for 2022. Also in this episode: F-150 Lightning popularity and the Library of Pursuits.
Navigation:
Featured and Related:
- Ford's F-150 Lightning Electric Truck Is Shaping Up to Be Insanely Successful – Gear Patrol
- 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Markups Surprising Some Reservation Holders – Ford Authority
- Meet the All-New, All-Electric 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV – Gear Patrol
- The Four Biggest Myths of the US Economy - Plain English with Derek Thompson – The Ringer
- Tesla Removes 2022 Cybertruck Production Date From Its Site – The Drive
- Four Fitness Myths You Should Avoid in 2022 – Gear Patrol
- Library of Pursuits: Sign up for GP Email Courses – Gear Patrol
- 5 Haircare Resolutions to Make in 2022 – Gear Patrol
- 5 Tech Resolutions to Tackle in 2022 – Gear Patrol
- 10 Watches We Hope to See in 2022 – Gear Patrol
Electrification, memeification and sustainability take top prize.
Featured and Related:
- This Year in Gear: the Most Notable Releases of 2021 – Gear Patrol
- Gear Patrol (@gearpatrol) Instagram – Gear Patrol Reels + Reviews of TikTok Products
- The 19 Coolest Electric Vehicles We Saw in 2021 – Gear Patrol
- All the Coolest Weed Gear That Came Out in 2021 – Gear Patrol
- Looking Back on 2020 and Forward to 2021 – Psychology Today
- COVID economy in the United States – McKinsey
- Sensibill's Barcode Report Recaps 2021 Spending Trends – Business Wire
- Powerful Consumer Trends To Watch In 2021 – Forbes
- Fairtrade America Reveals Top Consumer Trends for 2022 – Yahoo! Finance
- The 7 Biggest Consumer Technology Trends In 2022 – Forbes
Matter claims to weave together all your disparate smart home devices, Loro Piana is tracking wool origins, and John Mayer's second G-Shock collab drops.
Episode Navigation:
04:50 – Matter and the promise of a unified Smart Home
22:10 – Loro Piana customers can track its wool origins
34:49 – John Mayer x Hodinkee x Casio G-Shock = a very desirable, approachable collab
Featured and Related:
- Gear Patrol's Best Gifts 2021 — Ideas for Christmas, Birthdays & More
- Apple, Google, and Amazon have teamed up to fix the smart home with a new standard called Matter – The Verge
- Here's how Amazon, Google, Apple, and Samsung plan to work with Matter (with podcast) – The Verge
- Situation: there are too many competing smart home standards – The Verge
- Matter homepage
- Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard (2019) – The Verge
- Do You Know Where Your Sweater Came From? – The New York Times
- Traceable Cashmere: Discover Which Mongolian Goat Your Sweater Came From – Forbes
- Nature Elevated – Sheep Inc ("naturally carbon negative knitwear") – Sheep Inc
- Blockchain-Powered App Helps Mongolian Herders Trace Cashmere – Cointelegraph
- John Mayer and G-Shock are Back at it with the Latest Hodinkee Limited Edition – Worn & Wound
- Introducing: The Casio G-SHOCK Ref. 6900-PT80 By John Mayer – HODINKEE
- John Mayer Is Back With Another G-Shock Collab – GQ
- G-SHOCK Limited Edition DW6900JM21-7 Men's Watch (sold out)
The winners of this year's GP100 include the 2021 Game Changers: products that represent a massive shift in their respective categories.
Episode Navigation:
00:00 – What Is a Game Changer?
06:41 – I/O MAG Imprint 3D Goggle from Smith
13:15 – Whoop Any-Wear
19:15 – KYX Sneaker Rental
27:46 – Bose SoundControl Hearing Aids
37:47 – Dyson V15 Detect
44:32 – Fellow Drops
51:55 – Apple MacBook Pros
57:50 – Syng Cell Alpha Speaker
1:04:11 – Rivian R1T
1:11:11 – Bremont ENG300 Movement
Featured and Related:
- The 2021 GP100
- The 10 Best New Tech Products of the Year
- The 10 Best New Audio Products of the Year
- The 10 Best New Home Products of the Year
- The 10 Best New Food & Drink Products of the Year
- The 10 Best New Wellness Products of the Year
- The 10 Best New Style Products of the Year
- The 10 Best Fitness Products of 2022
- The 10 Best Outdoor Products of 2022
Virgil Abloh's legacy, BMW's questionable new SUV, and LEGO makes.... wooden shelves?
Episode Navigation:
02:36 – Virgil Abloh's Legacy
20:14 – BMW's New XM Concept Design Is Questionable
33:52 – LEGO Makes Home Furnishings Now
Featured and Related:
- Virgil Abloh, Path-Blazing Designer, Is Dead at 41 – New York Times
- Virgil Abloh Fans Build Altar at Off-White Store – New York Times
- Virgil Abloh's Life Celebrated In Louis Vuitton Runway Show – Vulture
- Louis Vuitton Unveils Virgil Abloh Statue at SS22 Miami Presentation – Hypebeast
- Into the Sky Above: Virgil Abloh Stages His Last Show for Louis Vuitton – Vogue
- Remembering Virgil Abloh, Hip-Hop's Designer – Pitchfork
- Virgil Abloh's Death: Reactions From Kanye West, BTS, Gucci – HighSnobiety
- No One Loved Virgil Abloh More Than His Critics – Rolling Stone
- project MAYBACH with virgil abloh: mercedes-benz unveils electric car as tribute to late designer – Design Boom
- BMW Unveils the Insane-Looking XM Performance SUV – Gear Patrol
- M1 Successor? BMW Previews 750-Horsepower XM Hybrid Concept – The Truth About Cars
- BMW shows off its new XM hybrid concept vehicle – The Verge
- BMW combines M legacy and rock star aesthetic into a quick V8 hybrid SUV – TechCrunch
- BMW’s 750-HP Concept XM Revealed And It's Even Scarier Than We Imagined | Carscoops – discussion via r/cars
- "Did BMS's Newest Car Design Just Leak?" – GP Instagram
- LEGO Rolls Out a Collection of Wooden Home Accessories – Design Milk
- Fill Your Home With Stackable Life-Size LEGO Furniture – Nerdist
- LEGO Wooden Home Accessories Collection Launches - LEGO Bricks – House Beautiful
- Book the ‘Home Alone’ House for One Night — Tarantulas and Booby Traps Included – Rolling Stone
- This 3,955-Piece ‘Home Alone’ LEGO Set Doubles as an Advent Calendar – My Modern Met
Continuous Liquid Interface Production is the next generation of 3D printing, and is equal parts SciFi and magic.
Featured and Related:
- How 3D Printing Could Change the Future of Gear – Gear Patrol
- The Promise of 3D Printing Fulfilled | Carbon (Home Page)
- Joseph DeSimone: What if 3D printing was 100x faster? (video) – TED
- The Gear Patrol Magazine Subscription • Gear Patrol Store
- Today in Gear – GP's Daily Gear News Column
- Sign Up for the Gear Patrol Dispatch Newsletter and Never Miss a Story – Gear Patrol
- Fast Company's 2020 Innovation by Design Awards – Fast Company
- adidas 4DFWD 3D Printed Running Shoes ($200)
- NHL Will Now Use 3D Printed Helmets, Thanks to Carbon and CCM – 3dprint.com
Have we passed the "EV inflection point?" Will the coffee bean crisis kill your caffeine supply? Who is Netflix Games made for?
Episode Navigation:
03:06 – Ford F-150 Lightning: Are We Long-Last at an "EV Inflection Point"?
17:13 – The Coffee Bean Crisis: Why Cups of Joe Could Cost $20 Soon
37:08 – Netflix Games: Will Hardcore Gamers Go For It?
Featured and Related:
- Today In Gear – Gear Patrol
- Subscribe to the Gear Patrol Dispatch and Never Miss a Story
- Tudor's Pelagos FXD Marine Nationale ($3,900)
- Jack Daniel's Coy Hill High Proof
- ZipCharge EV Power Bank
- Consumer Reports Survey Shows Strong Interest in Electric Cars – Consumer Reports
- Most Ford F-150 Lightning Customers Will Be New To The Brand And EVs – CarScoops
- International Survey Measures Consumers’ EV Concerns – Wards Auto
- Today’s electric vehicle market: Slow growth in U.S., faster in China, Europe – Pew
- Driving toward an electric future – Business North
- New Research Shows Wireless Charging Could Accelerate Wide Scale Adoption of Electric Vehicles – Valdosta Daily Times
- Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup? – Vox
- Rare Wild Coffee Species Has Arabica-Like Flavor, Greater Tolerance to Higher Temperatures – Sci News
- Heinz debuts 'Marz' Edition ketchup made with tomatoes grown in Mars conditions – Space
- New Heinz Marz Edition ketchup has implications that go far beyond flavor – CNN
- Here's why there's a coffee shortage around the world right now – Tom's Guide
- Your Coffee Is Getting More Expensive Due to Bad Weather in Brazil (video) – WSJ
- Why Brazil's Severe Weather May Lead to a Price Increase at Your Local Starbucks – Market Realist
- Climate change will impact food crops by end of the decade, NASA says – Space
- Arabica-like flavour in a heat-tolerant wild coffee species – Nature
- Global Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected Within 10 Years, NASA Study Finds – NASA
- Crops have a “drought memory” that prepares them for tough times – earth.com
- Netflix Games is available on your iPhone and iPad – The Verge
- All the news about Netflix’s gaming efforts – The Verge
- Let the Games Begin: A New Way to Experience Entertainment on Mobile – Netflix
- Fights, camera, action: the beginner's guide to streaming video games – The Guardian
- Twitch and Beyond: The Best Video Game Live Streaming Services for 2021 – PC Mag
Read the Series Below• Men's Footwear Essentials
• Pants, Shorts and Sweats to Build Your Wardrobe
• The 8 Types of Tops You Should Own
•Accessories to Add Interest to Your Outfits
The Winter Gear Awards, Land Rover redesigns the Range Rover, Urwerk reveals a (strange) $275K watch.
Episode Navigation:
03:56 – The Winter Gear Awards
25:23 – The 2022 Range Rover Is Expensive and Not "Beautiful
43:11 – Uwerk UR-112 Aggregat, a Wildly Weird New Watch
Featured and Related:
- The 2021 Winter Gear Awards: Full List of Winners
- The 2022 Range Rover Continues Land Rover's Legacy, But Forges Its Own Design Path – Gear Patrol
- Range Rover home page – Land Rover
- 2022 Range Rover Offers a BMW V-8 and Up to 523 HP – Road & Track
- 2022 Land Rover Range Rover is sleeker than ever yet even more capable – Road Show
- 2022 Land Rover Range Rover Revealed: Smoother Looks, All-Wheel Steering (w/video) – Motor1
- Why the New Range Rover Should Be the Best Driving Yet – Road & Track
- 2022 Range Rover Adds Third-Row Option, with Plug-In Hybrid to Come – Car and Driver
- A fully electric Range Rover is coming in 2024 – Road Show
- New 2022 Range Rover revealed – the Rolls Royce Cullinan’s nightmare reloaded – EVO India
- The Most Unique Watch for Men? This New Sci-Fi Stunner – Gear Patrol
- UR-112 “AGGREGAT” homepage – Urwerk
- Introducing The New URWERK UR-112 Aggregat – Monochrome
- Urwerk Unveils Limited Edition UR-112 Aggregat Watch – A Blog to Watch
- Analysis: new Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat – technical virtuosity takes center stage – Deployant
- Hands-On The Urwerk UR-1001 “TITAN” – Hodinkee
Apple's huge new slate of products, the Porsche 718 Cayman RS melts the 'Ring, and Bremont may have a new in-house movement.
The 31-mph VanMoof V eBike, Sunglasses Made from Microorganism Poop, and Supply Chain Stress.
Episode Navigation:
- 02:45 – VanMoof V eBike
- 21:10 – Covalent AirCarbon Sunglasses
- 33:36 – Supply Chain Issues and Holiday Shopping Tips
Featured and Related:
- VanMoof V dual-motor ebike will have a top speed of over 30 mph – New Atlas
- VanMoof unveils 31 mph ‘hyperbike’ electric bicycle with two motors and full suspension – Electrek
- VanMoof's New eBike Is Its Fastest Ever – The Verge
- Believe it or not, this US-built fast e-bike hits 45 mph and 80 miles of range – Electrek
- Fastest Electric Bike: We Review the Fastest E-Bikes for 2021 – biking.com
- The future of biking might not be tandem – Morning Brew
- The 12 Best E-Bikes of 2021 – Gear Patrol
- Cake – Electric Motor Bikes
- Carbon-Capturing Sunglasses Offer a View of Fashion's Future – WIRED
- Covalent Fashion website
- Newlight Technologies
- AirCarbon on Twitter
- Green Packaging & Shipping (Video) – Dell
- Could this be the cure to our plastic problem? | Mission Ahead (Video) – CNN Business
- What the Tech? Microorganism-Harvested AirCarbon Will Make Your Next Pair of Nikes – HypeBeast
- INTERVIEW: Speculative capital offers growth opportunity for carbon market -- AirCarbon – S&P Global / Platts
- 'The amount of energy required by direct air carbon capture proves it is an exercise in futility' – Recharge
- Will Direct-Air Carbon Capture Be Viable? – Green Tech Media
- The war on fur: will other fashion industry giants follow Kering? – ScreenShot Media
- AirCarbon x Nike: Newlight and Nike Partner to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Cision
- These Companies Are Making Physical Goods Out of Thin Air – VICE
- Shake Shack tests AirCarbon carbon-negative straws and cutlery at 6 locations – Nation's Restaurant News
- Can a Running Shoe Made From Sugar, Wool and Tree Crush Trails? – Gear Patrol
- Store shortages could cause trouble for holiday shoppers: 4 steps to take now – TODAY
- You Need to Start Holiday Shopping Early This Year, Experts Say. Here’s Why, and How to Save – TIME
- Don't wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shopping. Here's why you need to shop now. – USA Today
- How to Find Deals Like a Gear Patrol Editor – Gear Patrol
- Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping – Military Times
- The global supply chain nightmare is about to get worse – CNN Business
- US bank chiefs confident supply chain disruptions are ‘transitory’ – Financial Times
- Target Launches Black Friday Sales Early Amid Supply-Chain Crunch – Barron's
- U.S. Retailers Deploy Creative Tactics In Battle To Win Global Supply Chain War – Forbes
- Biden, Battling Supply Chain Woes, to Announce Port Will Operate 24/7 – NYT
- Supply chain havoc is getting worse — just in time for holiday shopping – Recode / VOX
- Grocery store shelves aren't going back to normal this year – CNN Business
- Santa's Bag shopping/gift list and budgeting app – Apple App Store
Ferrari hires Jony Ive, livestream shopping's rising popularity, and a biometric security dongle.
Episode Navigation:
02:41 – Ferrari Hires Jony Ive and Marc Newson
17:45 – Is Livestream Shopping... a Thing?
30:08 – Yubico's New Biometric Security Dongles
Featured and Related:
- Former Apple design boss Jony Ive partners with Ferrari – Road Show
- Ex-Apple designer Jony Ive is now designing expensive things for Ferrari, too – The Verge
- Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s LoveFrom joins forces with Ferrari – Wallpaper
- Ferrari to partner with Jony Ive’s new design firm on its first electric car – Fast Company
- The Most Iconic Apple Products Designed by Jony Ive – Gear Patrol
- Ford 021C Concept Car by Marc Newson
- Is Live-Stream Shopping the Future of Retail? – WSJ
- Livestream shopping is the next big thing in retail – Fortune
- It’s showtime! How live commerce is transforming the shopping experience – McKinsey
- Whatnot raises another $150M for its livestream shopping platform, evolves into a unicorn – TechCrunch
- Op-ed: Live commerce’s secret sauce, decoded – Glossy
- This Live-Stream Entertainment Shopping Company Wants to Bring Live-Host Commerce to the World – Investorideas.com
- NTWRK - How Mobile Video Digital Shopping Is Shaping The Future Of Ecommerce – Forbes
- New Global Start up Shopstream Rolls Out B2C Live Social Marketplace – Business Wire
- New Yubico security keys let you use fingerprints instead of passwords – Ars Technica
- Eric Limer weighs in via Slack
- Best security key 2021: Protect your online accounts – ZDnet
- Titan Security Key – Google Cloud
- Fingerprint ID in YubiKey Bio security key helps banish passwords – CNET
- Yubico’s new hardware key features a fingerprint reader for passwordless logins – TechCrunch
- What are security keys, how do they work, and which is the best to buy? – Pocket-lint
- How to use a two-factor security key – The Verge
- The Best Security Key for Multi-Factor Authentication – Wirecutter
Casey Johnston's Substack newsletter, "She's a Beast," the merits of Amazon's new Halo View fitness tracker, and a discussion of the Rivian R1T.
Episode Navigation:
05:02 – Casey Johnston, author of She's a Beast
34:37 – Amazon Halo View, Halo Fitness, and Halo Nutrition
47:03 – Reactions to... Reviews of the Rivian R1T
Featured and Related:
- She's a Beast: a Swole Woman's Newsletter
- Casey Johnston on Twitter
- Casey Johnston on Instagram
- Archive of "Ask a Swole Woman" Column – VICE
- Recent She's a Beast newsletters:
- The myths of bodyweight training, part 3
- Instagram is essentially a weight-loss app, and Facebook is loving that for it
- Protein Oatmeal v2.0: Mush Reloaded
- Where to Even Begin With At-Home Workouts, and How to Keep Going
- Everything Amazon Announced at Today's Big Hardware Event – Gear Patrol
- Amazon reveals Halo Fitness and Halo Nutrition programs for Halo subscribers – Tech Crunch
- Amazon announces new wearable and services to try to make you fitter – The Verge
- Do Fitness Trackers Actually Help You Get Fit? What the Science Says – Men's Journal
- Science Says Fitness Trackers Don't Work. Wear One Anyway – WIRED
- Should I buy a fitness tracker? – Tech Radar
- Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Is Basically a Fitbit – Gizmodo
- Amazon Halo View vs. Fitbit Inspire 2: How the new fitness band stacks up against Fitbit's affordable tracker – CNET
- Amazon's Halo Fitness service could give Apple Fitness Plus some competition – CNET
- Amazon's biggest innovation is being cheap – Engadget
- Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do – Motherboard/VICE
- The Rivian R1T Is Everything You Hoped It Would Be – Gear Patrol
- Rivian R1T Launch Edition driven: Full-electric pickup hits the trail (video) – Roadshow
- 2022 Rivian R1T first drive review: Electric pickup tackles the trail – Roadshow
- First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for – TechCrunch
- The Rivian R1T Proves That the Perfect Off-Roader Is Electric – Road & Track
- Rivian is coming. Here’s why it matters – E&E News
- Electric Pickup Trucks Are Coming: Who will buy them? – KBB
- Automakers Are Going All In on Electric Pickups. Will Anyone Buy Them? – TIME
- Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers? – AP
- Rivian files to go public at up to a reported $80 billion valuation – The Verge
The future of mobility and "living rooms on wheels," plus: we ponder whether e-Readers are still relevant and discuss what to wear to the office these days.
Episode Navigation:
- 04:20 – Dalal Elsheik on Autonomous Vehicle UX and the Automotive Industry
- 35:03 – Are e-Readers Still Relevant?
- 42:50 – Lululemon Survey Indicates People Hope to Wear Comfy Clothes to the Office
Featured and Related:
- A Ford Engineer Reveals 10 Things You Need to Know About Self-Driving Cars – Gear Patrol
- Self-Driving Cars? They're Still Not Here Yet – Gear Patrol
- An Electric VW Bus Could Be Volkswagen's First Self-Driving Car – Gear Patrol
- Self-Driving Cars FAQ: How Far Away Is Far Away? – Motor Trend
- Opinion: You will not be traveling in a self-driving car anytime soon. Here’s what the future will look like – Market Watch
- The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On. – NYT
- Why we’re still years away from having self-driving cars – VOX, Recode
- Elon Musk’s problematic plan for “full self-driving” Teslas – Vox, Recode
- U.S. Safety Official Calls on Tesla To Fix 'Basic Safety Issues' Before Expanding its Full Self-Driving Mode – Hypebeast
- Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite adds a bigger screen, longer battery life, and USB-C – The Verge
- You can now preorder the new Kindle Paperwhite – The Verge
- Amazon Just Introduced Three New Kindle Paperwhites – WIRED
- Is it the end of the road for dedicated e-readers? – Good e-Reader
- Why Dedicated E-readers Are Still Popular – Lifewire
- Understanding the E-Reader Global Supply Chain – Good e-Reader
- Ebooks Are an Abomination – The Atlantic
- First Look at the Hisense Touch Music Reader – Good e-Reader
- Onyx Boox Mira and Mira Pro Now Available for Pre-Order – Good e-Reader
- lululemon global study shows how clothing impacts workplace performance, culture and experience in a new hybrid environment (Full Survey pdf) – Lululemon
- Comfort Still in Style, Lululemon Survey Says – WWD via AOL
- @bobby on twitter: "i have a question for people who wear cool outfits to work at home. what's your f**king problem"
- You’re Finally Going Back to the Office. What Are You Going to Wear? – WSJ
- Redux of ^ WSJ article
- Excerpts from ^ WSJ article
- 12 comfortable back-to-work clothes for your return to the office – Today
- Our WFH-Meets-Office Fashion Ideas For These Weird Hybrid Times – Refinery29
- You can now wear what you want to work – Financial Times
- Heading back to the office? Here’s how to dress for it – GQ UK
- The New Rules of Office Style (2018) – Esquire
The biggest announcements from this week's Apple Event; the Michelin Uptis airless tire; Taco Bell wants to recycle your used empty plastic sauce packets.
Episode Navigation:
- 03:20 – Deconstructing the September Apple Event
- 36:50 – Michelin Uptis Airless Tire
- 49:20 – Taco Bell's Sauce Packet Recycling Program
Featured and Related:
- Everything Apple Announced at Today's Big iPhone Event – Gear Patrol
- Smartphones May Be Too Good – NYT
- Michelin's airless passenger car tires get their first public outing – New Atlas
- The TWEEL - radical new wheel technology (UPDATED) (2005) – New Atlas
- Michelin homepage for airless tire concept – Michelin
- UPTIS unveiled to the public (airless tire) – Michelin
- UPTIS homepage – Michelin
- The MICHELIN X Tweel Airless Radial Tire Family – Michelin
- MICHELIN X Tweel Airless Radial Tire – John Deere
- Why Airless Tires Are a Bad Idea – Valley Chevy Dealers
- Look Ma, no air! Checking out Michelin's futuristic Uptis tires – Autoblog
- Airless Tires – Bridgestone
- Why GM and Michelin's airless Uptis is the future of car and truck tires (2019) – CNET Roadshow
- GM and Michelin will bring airless tires to passenger cars by 2024 (2019) – Engadget
- Taco Bell Wants Your Old Sauce Packets So They Can Be Recycled – NPR
- TerraCycle website – TerraCycle
- Taco Bell Recycling Homepage – Taco Bell
- Don’t Let This Love Go To Waste. Give New Life To Taco Bell® Hot Sauce Packets Via Terracycle – Taco Bell
- The Plastic Problem Isn't Your Fault, But You Can Be Part Of The Solution – NPR
- VIDEO: Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? People On The Front Lines Say Maybe Not – NPR
Government IDs on your phone; trucks are finally getting smaller; and after 18 months of COVID WFH, what products have endured, and what do we really need now?
Episode Navigation:
03:10 – Apple's Forthcoming Digital Driver's Licenses
16:00 – Compact Pickup Trucks: A Welcome Automotive Segment?
27:20 – The "Logi Dock" and Our Relationship with WFH Products 18 M0nths post-COVID
Featured and Related:
- The new digital driver’s licenses from Apple sound slightly creepy – VOX/Recode
- You’ll soon be able to use your iPhone as ID at the airport – The Verge
- New York’s Vaccine Passport Could Cost Taxpayers $17 Million – NYT
- Pandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDs – AP
- How governments can deliver on the promise of digital ID – McKinsey & Company
- Digital IDs Might Sound Like a Good Idea, But They Could Be a Privacy Nightmare – ACLU
- Digital IDs Are More Dangerous Than You Think – WIRED
- How National Digital IDs Benefit Both Citizens And Businesses – Forbes
- Facebook admits "trust deficit" as it looks to launch digital wallet – Axios
- The Technology 202: Facebook's latest attempt to build a crypto empire meets familiar skepticism in Washington – The Washington Post
- The Mighty Pickup Slims Down – NYT
- The Ford Maverick Is a Whole New Kind of Pickup Truck – Gear Patrol
- Nissan Titan vs Ford F-150 vs Toyota Tundra vs Chevrolet Silverado – Nissan
- Alpha Motors Wolf Electric Pickup Truck – Alpha Motors
- 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup is terrific, but who will buy it? – Detroit Free Press
- Compact 2022 Ford Maverick Pickup Shows Its Size Next to Ranger, F-150 – The Drive
- Stop Saying The Ford Maverick Is Small! It's Not – Jalopnik
- 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Second Drive: Truck-ish? – The Truth About Cars
- The Unlikely Return of the Compact Pickup – Edmunds
- The Comeback of the Compact Pickup Truck – Good Car Bad Car
- America Needs More Compact Pickup Trucks Like the Hyundai Santa Cruz – Motor Biscuit
- "Car Bloat" New Cars Are Heavier Than Ever, But Also More Powerful – The Drive
- Logitech’s new dock is designed for a work from home world – The Verge
- Discussion on the Logitech Logi Dock – Reddit
- Consumer Brands Bet Working From Home Is Here to Stay – WSJ
- All the WFH products that we now can’t live without – CNN
- The Essential Gear You Need to Stay Productive While Working From Home – Gear Patrol, 2021
- The Best Home Office Products of 2020 Made WFH Less Miserable – Gear Patrol
- Future Of Work: What The Post-Pandemic Workplace Holds For Remote Workers’ Careers – Forbes
- It’s time to reimagine where and how work will get done – PWC
- Companies' Post-COVID Dilemma: Will the Rise of Remote Work Become a Permanent Pandemic Legacy? – Cision
IKEA's new buy-back-for-store-credit program, Spotify's latest product and feature launches, and the impending reality of autonomous taxis.
Episode Navigation:
2:35 – IKEA Buy Back Program Being Piloted in Pennsylvania
22:05 – Spotify Adds a Ton of New Features, Expanding its Market Dominance
32:30 – Hyundai Debuts its Ioniq 5 Robo-Taxi, Due Out in 2023
Featured and Related:
- Ikea is launching a furniture buyback program – Fast Company
- Buy Back program – IKEA
- Inside Ikea’s plan to reinvent itself as a circular company – Fast Company
- How Ikea plans to be climate positive by 2030 – Fast Company
- Ikea’s Offering to Buy Back Your Old Furniture—If It Can Survive the Journey – Gizmodo
- IKEA Is Now Selling a Hot New Product: Renewable Energy – Architectural Digest
- IKEA Is Increasing Refunds on Returned and Unwanted Office Furniture by 50 Percent This Week – Concrete Playground
- New Spotify Feature Will Make You and Your BFF a Playlist of Songs You'll Both Like – Gizmodo
- Spotify is taking over Delta's entire in-flight audio section – Engadget
- Philips Hue partners with Spotify to turn all your lights into a music visualizer – The Verge
- How Spotify’s Newest Personalized Experience, Blend, Creates a Playlist for You and Your Bestie – Spotify
- Spotify’s Podcasts Subscriptions service is now open to all US creators – Tech Crunch
- In early 2020, Spotify accounted for 30% of global streaming service usage – Statista
- Hyundai reveals self-driving Ioniq 5 'robotaxi' – Autocar
- Autonomous Tech Developer Motional Unveils Hyundai Ioniq 5-Based Robotaxi – Forbes
- Hyundai reveals the robotaxi it built for Lyft, and a version for its very own metaverse – The Register
- Motional reveals its Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric robotaxi – Tech Crunch
- Motional website
- Waymo starts offering autonomous rides in San Francisco – The Verge
- Waymo Is 99% of the way to self-driving cars. The last 1% is the hardest – Autoblog
- Tesla Crashes Into Police Cruiser. Self-Driving Cars Have to Learn how to Drive. – Barron's
- Volvo invests in Israeli developer of testing platform for autonomous vehicles – The Times of Israel
- Rainbow road sign film would be easier for autonomous vehicles to read – New Atlas
- Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete – The Guardian
Tesla Robot, Jack Daniel's Tennessee 10-Year, and How to Shop on Social Media (Intelligently).
Episode Navigation:
01:31 – Tesla Robot
18:20 – Jack Daniel's 10-Year Tennessee Whiskey
30:30 – Navigating the World of Shopping on Social Media
Featured and Related:
- Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke – CNET
- Elon Musk's 'Tesla Bot' Is a Shitpost – VICE
- Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch? – WIRED
- Elon Musk says Tesla’s latest beta self-driving software is ‘not great’ – Reddit/CNBC
- Service Robotics Market worth $103.3 billion by 2026 – PR Newswire
- The Robots Are Coming – Inc.
- Share of US households using specific technologies, 1915 to 2019 – via Inc article
- No More Mr. Nice Robot? – Slate
- ....Boston Dynamics' lifelike $75,000 Spot robot… – Business Insider
- Invasion of the Robot Umpires – New Yorker
- Is It Time to Take Jack Daniel's Whiskey Seriously? – Gear Patrol
- An Overlooked Bottle of Jack Daniel’s Is One of the Best Whiskeys Nobody Is Drinking Right Now – Gear Patrol
- Shelf Sleepers Archive: The best booze nobody is drinking right now – Gear Patrol
- The Story Behind Genesis, The New Global Luxury Car Brand – Forbes
- How MSCHF managed to dominate the internet — with fun! – The Verge
- Mood Board to Moneymaker: How Instagram Pages Turn Into Brands – Gear Patrol
- TikTok made me buy it – The Verge
- 25 TikTok Viral Products Available on Amazon During Prime Day – Teen Vogue
- TikTok adds in-app shopping, in a partnership with Shopify – The New York Times
- Will Everything On Social Media Be Shopping? – BuzzFeed News
- Instagram Tests Ads for Shops – Yahoo!
- The future of social media looks a lot like QVC – Quartz
Dive watches for kids, Acura brings back a cult-classic, and your houseplants have a carbon footprint.
Episode Navigation:
- 0:10 – Parchie, Watches for Kids
- 16:30 – 2022 Acura Integra
- 33:00 – The Carbon Impact of Houseplants
Featured and Related:
Cara Barrett’s New Watch Brand For Kids Hodinkee
Parchie – Watches for Kids
Should New Dads Buy Birth-Year Watches for Their Kids?
Seiko Designed Affordable New Back-to-School Watches for Kids, But Adults Will Love Them Too
This Perfect Summer Watch Comes in Adult and Kid-Sized Versions
The Acura Integra returns for 2022
Acura Integra Returns in 2022 Acura
Market Watch: Acura Integra Type R Motor Trend
Original Integra Type R Auction Results Bring a Trailer
Nissan Reveals the Next-Generation Z
Are your houseplants actually good for the planet? Vox
Carbon Footprint Fact Sheet by the University of Michigan Center for sustainable Systems University of Michigan
EPA carbon footprint calculator EPA.gov
Episode Navigation:
1:17 — Samsung Z Flip & Fold 3
17:08 — Lamborghini Countach
27:03 — Sunspel & Buck Mason's Athletic Collections
Featured and Related:
• Everything Samsung Just Announced At Its Big Unpacked Event — Gear Patrol
• Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV — Wired
• Lamborghini Countach LP1 800-4: This Looks Like It And It's Amazing — Jalopnik
• Lamborghini reports record profits in 2020, CEO teases electric future — CNBC
• The Trail Collection from Buck Mason
• Sunspel Activewear
• How did Athleisure Take Over American Fashion? — The Atlantic
Tyler explains what "influential" means in this context, how he selected the 50 cars and the top car of each decade, and why his list isn't of the 50 best cars.
Episode Navigation:
01:00 – Influential versus "Best"
08:15 – If You Change An Iconic Car, Is It Still The Same Car?
13:30 – The One Quality That Makes A Car "Influential"
16:30 – How Tyler Chose These 50 Cars
19:20 – Cars That Didn't Make The Cut
22:05 – The Most Influential Car On The List
Featured and Related:
The 50 Most Influential Cars
These Are the 16 Best Cars to Buy in 2021
The Best New Cars, Trucks and SUVs We've Driven So Far in 2021
The Best Used Cars You Can Buy Right Now
These Are the 10 Best Cars to Buy Under $55,000
Episode Navigation
1:25 — Google's Pixel 6 & Pixel 6 Plus
18:17 — Levi's x New Balance 992
30:35 — Molson Coors Kills Off Its Cheap Beer
Featured:
• New Balance x Levi's Authorized Vintage
• Marketing Dive: Molson Coors to Sunset 11 Economy Brands
• The Verge: Google Pixel 6 & Pixel 6 Pro
• CBC: Recording of discussion of the Ice Beer Wars of the 1990s
Will Price joins JD and Nick to discuss $99 AirPods Pro competitors, car "feature" subscriptions, and the Airstream x Pottery Barn collab.
Episode Navigation:
02:19 – Nothing Ear (1) ANC Earbuds
16:25 – Subscriptions to Unlock Car Features
32:58 – Airstream x Pottery Barn Special Edition Travel Trailer
Featured:
- Homepage: Nothing Tech
- From The Verge: "Nothing officially reveals its $99 Ear (1) true wireless earbuds"
- 5 Wireless Earbuds to Buy If You Don’t Want AirPods
- Apple's New AirPods Are Coming. Here's What to Expect
- A Day with the AirPods Pro: Here’s How They Stack Up Against Apple’s Standard AirPods
- BMW wants customers to pay a subscription fee to use features the car already has installed, like a heated steering wheel or adaptive cruise control
- From TechCrunch: "BMW wants to sell you subscriptions to your car’s features"
- From Elektrek: "Tesla is charging owners $1,500 for hardware they already paid for"
- From Tesla: "Full Self-Driving Capability Subscriptions"
- Airstream and Pottery Barn Designed Your Dream Glamping Trailer
- From Airstream: "Introducing the Pottery Barn Special Edition Travel Trailer"
- From Pottery Barn: Pottery Barn x Airstream Collection
- Airstream's New Camping Trailer Has the Perfect Invention for Modern Travel
Impossible Foods announces chicken nuggets, Peloton gets into the video game business, and Stone Brewing launches a "premium" hard seltzer that is anything but.
**In the initial version of this episode, it was incorrectly stated that Stone was fined by the TTB for trade practice violations. This is not true. Stone paid the TTB for tax violations as a compromise after making a mistake in their tax filings — not because of trade practice violations. We regret the mistake. — JD
Episode Navigation:
01:35 – Peloton Launches Video Games, Is Now a Full-Blown Media Company
19:00 – Impossible Foods Announces Chicken Nuggets, Coming This Fall
32:44 – Stone Brewing Buena Vida Hard Seltzer, and Why It's Shouldn't be Called "Premium"
Featured:
Via Hollywood Reporter: “The Netflix of Wellness”: Inside the Hollywoodization of Peloton
Via Engadget: Peloton launches its first exercise game for connected bike owners
Via ReviewGeek.com: Sigh… Peloton Wants to Gamify Exercise
Via Insider: People are hacking their Peloton bikes so they can watch Netflix and cheat the leaderboard ranking system
Via Bloomberg: Impossible Foods to Launch Nuggets Into Brewing Faux-Chicken Battle
Via The Beet: Impossible Foods Announces New Vegan Chicken Nuggets
Via Thrillist: What’s the Difference Between Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat?
Via Stone Brewing: Stone Brewing Announces Buenavida Hard Seltzer, Crafted for the Good Life
Upsides and downsides of Apple's battery pack, Hyundai swings for the fences with the Elantra N, and Houseplant releases yet another amazing smoking accessory.
Episode Navigation:
02:00 – Apple MagSafe Battery Pack
15:32 – Hyundai Elantra N
27:22 – Houseplant Gravity Glass
Featured:
The iPhone 12 is a Great Smartphone with Even Greater Promise
The Best MagSafe Cases for Your iPhone 12
The Best MagSafe Accessories for the iPhone 12
Should You Buy Apple's MagSafe Battery Pack for Your iPhone 12?
Seth Rogen's Weed Brand Made a Gravity Bong
The 2021 Hyundai Elantra Is One of the Best Values in New Cars
The 2021 Hyundai Veloster N: A Hot Hatch for Extroverts Who Love a Good Deal
As common as shorts are, there's still a lot to think about, like where they're appropriate to wear, and what length to buy.
Episode Navigation:
- 00:57 – What to Know Before You Buy Your Next Shorts
- 02:05 – Relying on Style Icons for Guidance
- 04:15 – What Styles Are Popular Right Now?
- 10:06 – Can I Wear Shorts to the Office?
- 12:15 – What About Length? What Inseam Do I Buy?
- 15:15 – What Sets Apart "Nicer" Shorts from "Normal" Shorts?
- 19:00 – Some Shorts Are Versatile, But Buy Single-Purpose Shorts
- 22:30 – Defining the "Standard" Men's Shorts
- 24:00 – Our Top Recommendations
Featured:
The Best Shorts to Wear This Summer
The 15 Best Gym Shorts of 2021 for Every Kind of Workout
The 10 Best Sweat Shorts to Wear All Summer Long
12 Great Board Shorts to Buy Now
The Best Swim Trunks for Summer Aren’t Just for Swimming
The Best Gym Shorts According to 6 Personal Trainers
An exposé reveals Amazon UK destroys millions of goods to meet their bottom line; Ochs & Junior's new perpetual calendar; Ford trademarks "Rattler."
Episode Navigation:
- 01:50 – Amazon's Latest Controversy
- 17:30 – Ochs & Junior's New Perpetual Calendar Watche
- 32:30 – Ford Trademarks "Rattler" for Some Reason
- 42:30 – Products and News We're Obsessed With
Featured:
From Fast Company: Amazon is destroying millions of unsold goods, from smart TVs to laptops
From ITV: Amazon Destroying Millions of Items of Unsold Stock in One of Its Uk Warehouses Every Year, Itv News Investigation Finds
"Innovative Sustainability" – You Might Already Own the Most Disruptive Piece of Outdoor Gear
This Might Be the Weirdest Perpetual Calendar Watch You've Ever Seen
This Is How Calendar Watches Work
These Perpetual Calendars Are Some of the Best Watches from Patek Philippe
Ford's 'Rattler' Trademark Suggests Another Off-Roader Is Coming
The Ford Maverick Is a Whole New Kind of Pickup Truck
Is Ford Already Testing the New, Super-Powerful Bronco?
The Ram 1500 TRX, Driven: King of the Tyrant Pickups
12 New Gadgets to Have on Your Radar (inc. Canon EOS R3)
From PetaPixel: Canon EOS R3 Expected in September, Nikon Z9 in November
The Ordinary Skin Care Regimen
Brickit: LEGO Building AR App
Episode Navigation:
- 01:00 – What You Need to Know Before Buying a Chef's Knife
- 05:45 – Is There One Perfect Chef's Knife?
- 09:17 – Utility Knives vs. Chef's Knives, and Why You Shouldn't Purchase Knife Sets
- 12:50 – The Elements of a Chef's Knife You Need to Know
- 18:45 – Blade Materials: Stainless Steel vs. Carbon Steel (and Others)
- 27:32 – What Is Knife "Tang" and Why Does it Matter?
- 31:43 – Chef's Knife Handle Types
- 33:45 – Japanese vs. German Styles
- 37:36 – What Determines the "Quality" of a Knife?
- 39:11 – Knife Maintenance, Storage and Sharpening
- 48:55 – Will's Top Three Chef's Knife Recommendations
Featured:
Check Out ChefsKnivestoGo.com
The Difference Between Japanese and German Knife Styles
Bob Kramer Has Spent 25 Years Trying to Forge a Better Chef’s Knife
What's Really the Difference Between a $35 and $150 Chef's Knife?
The Best Places to Buy Japanese Kitchen Knives Online
Please Stop Storing Your Kitchen Knives in a Big Wood Block
Every Serious Home Cook Needs a Japanese Chef’s Knife. Here Are the 8 Styles You Need to Know
This Is Our Place's Biggest Release Since Its Always Pan
Jacques Pépin's Classic Omelette
Where does the initial inspiration come from? What factors are there to consider?
Navigation:
- 01:20 – How Does Burial Design a New Beer?
- 11:02 – How Alia Midoun's Latest Beer Came to Be
- 15:30 – How the Burial Team Decides What Works and What Doesn't
- 19:45 – Choosing Other Elements of a New Beer Recipe
- 22:45 – How Different Burial Staff Members Approach Beer
- 22:30 – How did Burial Navigate the Craft Beer Boom?
- 29:05 – How Alia Used the Craft Beer Boom to Inform Her Work
- 32:10 – Breaking Down the Burial x Gear Patrol Beer: "Pursuit" Lager
- 43:10 – Doug and Alia Recommend Their Favorite Burial Beers
Featured:
Burial Beer's Website
Visit Burial Beer's Forestry Camp in Asheville, NC
Burial Beer x Gear Patrol "Pursuit" Helles-Style Lager
Burial Beer x Gear Patrol "Pursuit" Beer Glass
14 Black-Owned and Black-Led Breweries You Should Know
The 22 Best Gifts to Get for a Beer Lover
The 6 Best Beers to Drink This Summer
10 of the Best Beers Brewed by Women
15 Delicious IPAs You Can Buy Almost Anywhere
The 25 Beers You Need to Try Before You Die
The 12 Best Non-Alcoholic Beers You Can Drink in 2021
The 10 Best Coolers of 2021
Tyler Duffy joins to talk about how the new Ford handles highways and trails, and doesn't mince words about how well it stacks up against the Jeep.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:10 – Does the New Bronco Live Up to the Hype?
- 03:30 – A Brief Rundown of the Bronco's Storied Past
- 06:45 – A Top-Level Summary of the New Bronco
- 08:45 – Available Engines: Jeep Wrangler vs Ford Bronco
- 11:50 – "Bronco" As a Ford Sub-Brand
- 14:10 – On-Road Driving Impressions
- 19:50 – The Bronco's Manual Transmission, and Scope of Options Packages
- 26:12 – Off-Road Driving Impressions, and Ford's Off-Roadeo Driving Program
- 31:13 – What Are the Bronco's "GOAT Modes?"
- 35:00 – Interior/Tech Criticisms and Everyday Living Impressions
- 42:00 – Overall Cost and Current Wait Times May Be a Dealbreaker For Some
- 48:45 – Bottom Line: Is It Worth Buying a Bronco Now?
Featured:
- Ford Bronco Official Site
- Ford Bronco Online Configurator
- The Ford Bronco Has a Trick Up Its Sleeve the Jeep Wrangler Lacks: Trail Turn Assist
- Ford Off-Roadeo Driving Instruction Program
- Some Ford Broncos Are Being Held Up Due to a Very Specific Shortage
- Bronco Sport Review
- Jeep Wrangler 4xe Review
- Jeep Wrangler Review
- The Jeep Wrangler 392 Is Absurd, But That's Kind of the Point
Pellet grills have been around only since the mid-Eighties and feature precision computer controls: a super low-effort alternative to charcoal and gas grills.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:25 – What Is a Pellet Grill and Smoker, and What Are "Pellets?"
- 03:40 – The Complex Components That Make Pellet Grills So Simple to Use
- 07:30 – Why Pellet Grills Are the Most Precise of Grilling Options
- 09:15 – Pellets Aren't a Big Hassle, and These Are Set-It-and-Forget-It Devices
- 13:00 – Why Pellet Grills Are Also Smokers, and What They Cook Best
- 20:00 – Comparing Pellet Grills to Other Types
- 21:50 – Traeger, and the Genesis of Pellet Grills
- 23:15 – The Ecological Impact of Pellet Cooking
- 26:40 – The Surprisingly Low Prices of Pellet Grills
- 29:30 – A Rundown of Our Top Three Pellet Grill Picks
- 44:05 – What Is Will Grilling With This Summer?
Featured:
- The 10 Best Pellet Smokers and Grills You Can Buy in 2021
- Pellet Grilling Isn’t a Fad, It’s the Future — Here’s Why
- Back in Stock: The Best Tailgate Smoker You Can Buy
- The 12 Best Charcoal Grills You Can Buy in 2021
- The 11 Best Gas Grills You Can Buy in 2021
- The 30 Best Things to Cook with an Instant Pot or Multicooker
- 8 Tools You Need to Take Your Grill Setup to the Next Level
- 9 Things Your Dad Taught You About Grilling That Were Completely Wrong
- 25 Grill Recipes You Should Bookmark Right Now
Whether you're getting a cut for the first time in a while or want to finally find a style that you're happy with, these tips will empower you in your search.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:04 – Why Is It So Difficult To Know What We Want from Our Hair?
- 03:35 – What Is the Key to Talking to Your Barber?
- 06:30 – Advice from Rob McMillen, Head Barber at NYC's Blind Barber
- 09:45 – Hair Care Terminology You Need to Know
- 15:27 – Talk to Your Barber About What Bothers You About Your Hair
- 18:50 – What About Hair Types and Face Shapes?
- 23:25 – Should You Bring a Photo of Celebrity Haircuts to Your Appointment?
- 28:05 – Hair Maintenance Between Haircuts
- 34:16 – What Hair Styles Are Popular Now, and What Timeless Looks Should You Consider?
- 39:48 – Evan's Best Hair/Haircut Tip
Featured:
Tips for Getting the Best Haircut This Summer
How to Significantly Improve Your Hair in 90 Days
Going to Cut Your Own Hair? Use These Barber-Approved Grooming Tools
The 12 Best Shampoos for Men
The 10 Best Conditioners for Men
5 Tips for Getting by Without Your Barber
Growing out Your Hair? Here’s How to Maintain It
How to Find the Right Hair Products for Men
The Best Hair Clippers for Men
Senior Staff Writer Tanner Bowden unloads his pocket knife knowledge and offers up a wealth of advice to inform your next EDC purchase.
Episode Navigation:
- 1:00 – Why Do People Love Pocket Knives?
- 3:45 – What Does a Person Need to Know Before Buying a Pocket Knife?
- 4:50 – Most Pocket Knives Are Folders
- 6:41 – Different Elements of Pocket Knife Form Factors
- 8:04 – Blade Types and Shapes
- 14:23 – How to Decide Which Shape Is Right for You
- 16:10 – Pocket Knife Brands to Know
- 21:21 – Types of Actions: the Mechanism That Opens the Knife
- 27:32 – Handle Types to Know
- 31:30 – How Pocket Knife Size Should Factor In to Your Decision
- 34:49 – Pocket Knife Maintenance
- 36:30 – Blade Materials: How Different Steel Types Affect Your Knife
- 44:40 – Our Top Three Pocket Knife Recommendations
Featured:
The Best Pocket Knives of 2021
The Best Knives and Multi-Tools to Give Dads This Father’s Day
Now You Can Customize One of the Best Pocket Knives for Camping and Hiking
Watch Now: The Pocket Knives Gear Patrol Staffers Keep at Our Desks
Everything You Need to Know About Pocket Knives
The Best New Knives and EDC of May 2021
Curious About Friction Folding Pocket Knives? This Is the One to Get
Pocket Knife Rules & Laws in the U.S. – Updated for 2021 (courtesy EDC Ninja)
Hartov explains the origin of the military wristwatch and talks about how far the category has evolved since the first World War.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:10 – What Is a Tactical Watch?
- 02:45 – Early Military Watches, WWI and Beyond
- 11:35 – G-Shock's Genesis and Rise to the Top of the Segment
- 17:00 – Defining Characteristics of a Tactical Watch
- 20:00 – Oren Discusses His Service and How it Affected His Relationship to Watches
- 22:35 – How Quartz and Digital Watch Advancements Affected the Military
- 25:00 – Other Modern Tactical-Style Watches
- 30:55 – What Is the Quintessential Tactical Watch
Featured:
These Are 10 of the Best Tactical Watches
21 of the Best Military Watches and Their Histories
The Ultimate Guide to Military Watches
We Field-Tested Two Military Watches in the Army and This is What We Found
What's the Most Legit Modern Military Watch You Can Buy?
Out of Iraq: The Story of an Issued Military Watch
The 10 Best Field Watches
The Fascinating and Humble History of the NATO Watch Strap
Tips for taking inventory of what tech you use and how you use it, and also the implications of cutting back.
Episode Navigation:
- 00:50 – Is There Anything You Can Do To Moderate Your Relationship With Tech?
- 02:45 – The Implications of Quitting Social Media and Other Tech
- 04:00 – Auditing Your Tech Usage, and Intentionally "Low-Tech" Devices
- 10:55 – How Planned Obsolescence Forces Us To Be Tech-Forward
- 13:45 – Nostalgia for Analog Devices Complicates Our Relationship with Technology
- 16:50 – How Tech Causes Privacy and Security Concerns
- 22:00 – Do Phones Listen To Us?
- 24:40 – Eric's Top-Level Advice for Low-Tech Hopefuls
Featured:
10 Google Chrome Settings You Should Change Right Now
How to Prevent the Internet from Tracking You
Light Phone Review: The Advantages of a “Smart” Phone That Can Never Have Instagram
@RobertGReeve on Twitter: "Your social media apps are not listening to you" (Thread)
All the Biggest Announcements from Today's Big Apple Event
Disable Amazon's Creepy New Echo Feature Before It Turns On
Why You Need a Password Manager (And Five to Try)
3 Best VPN Services to Make Sure Your Online Data Is Private
How to Make Your Online Passwords Ironclad
Senior Staff Writer Tanner Bowden explains what's so difficult about buying used bikes online–and offers tips on making it much easier.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:20 – What's Hard About Buying Any Bike Online
- 05:10 – Why the Used Bike-Buying Process Is So Convoluted
- 07:20 – The Pandemic and Economic Issues Caused a Massive Bike Shortage
- 11:05 – Specific Elements That Complicate the Used Bike-Buying Process
- 12:10 – Some Dedicated Sites That Sell Used Bikes (And That You Can Trust)
- 13:30 – What You Should Know Before Starting Your Search
- 15:50 – Why Shopping Online for a Used Bike Is Harder Than Finding a Used Car
- 18:20 – Tips and Tricks for Buying Used Bikes From Different Websites
- 22:05 – How To Inspect a Used Bike In Person If You Aren't a Pro
- 24:10 – eBay-Specific Advice: Seller Ratings, Photos, and More
- 27:00 – Serial Numbers and How To Avoid Stolen Goods
- 29:30 – FatFingers.com May Help You Find Hidden Gems
- 32:35 – 'The Pro's Closet' Is The Best Way To Buy a High-end Used Bike
- 40:00 – Tanner's Most Important Advice: Ask Lots of Questions
Featured:
Shopping for a Used Bike? Here’s How to Get One on the Internet
The Internet Is the Best Place to Buy a Used Premium Bike
The Used Bikes We’d Buy Right Now Under $500
11 Awesome Bicycle Brands You Should Know
Complete Guide to Buying Your First Bike
Used Bike Marketplaces and Forums:
The Pro’s Closet
Pinkbike’s BuySell forum
Bicycle Blue Book
GearTrade
Serial Number Searches:
Bike Index
Project 529
Find Hidden Gems on eBay:
FatFingers
Here's everything you need to arm yourself for a purchase, or at least to understand how your current chair is affecting your body.
Episode Navigation:
- 02:00 – Gaming Chairs Are Not Office Chairs
- 03:20 – Adjustability: What Makes an Office Chair Great
- 05:15 – Office Chairs Mitigate Pain
- 10:15 – Is There a Perfect Office Chair?
- 12:45 – Why are office chairs so expensive? Plus, our Top Three Picks.
- 22:25 – Ergonomics
- 25:00 – Should I Buy a Used Office Chair?
- 28:55 – Are Super Cheap Office Chairs Okay to Buy?
- 30:50 – Specific Office Chair Features and Extras (Pro Tip: Roller Blade Wheels)
- 35:15 – What Chair Does Will Use?
- 38:00 – Will’s Epic Rant Against Gaming Chairs
- 44:05 – What About Office Chair “Alternatives” Like Yoga Balls and Kneeling Chairs?
- 46:40 – Will’s Most Important Office Chair Buying Advice
Featured:
The 21 Best Office Chairs of 2021
6 Perfectly Fine Cheap Desk Chairs Available Under $250
Need a Better Office Chair? Just Get This
Absolutely Everything You Need to Know Before Buying an Office or Desk Chair
Still Working from the Couch? Upgrade Your Home Office with These Deals
There's a lot more to the Cassette Boom that nostalgia alone.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:40 – Why are Cassette Tapes Making a Comeback?
- 04:00 – Cassette Audio Quality Is Different Than You Might Recall
- 05:45 – Memories of Cassette Tapes (and CDs) Are Powerful
- 08:45 – The Last Car With a Tape Deck, and Tapes in Current Pop Culture
- 10:45 – Current Artists Are Selling New Cassettes
- 12:00 – The Cassette Boom, by the Numbers
- 13:48 – Where Are We Supposed to Play Cassettes?
- 17:16 – Will Companies Make New Tape Decks?
- 18:25 – Companies Making New, High-Quality Cassette Tapes
- 20:00 – Where Do We Go Now (from MP3s)?
- 22:55 – Predictions: Will This Cassette Tape Trend Continue?
- 24:35 – Tucker's Advice for Aspiring Cassette Tape Collectors
Featured:
Classic Cassette Tapes Are Making a Comeback
Gear Patrol Magazine – Get an Annual Subscription for Just $39
Check out the Just Cassette blog and Instagram Profile
From Forbes – The Walkman And Cassette Tapes Are Making A Comeback
Buy New Cassette Players from Urban Outfitters ($30+)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 ($10)
Taylor Swift Evermore Album Deluxe Cassette ($13)
Product recommendations and further reading to streamline your home energy usage.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:35 – The 3 Tips
- 03:38 – Most Important: Up-To-Date Appliances
- 04:30 – Saving Money Is Mostly a Longer-Term Goal
- 05:20 – Being Mindful of How You Use Tech, and "Energy-Saver" Modes
- 07:15 – Gaming Consoles: an Example of Big Power Drains
- 08:42 – Different Energy Saving Modes
- 09:25 – TV Settings to Modify for Energy Savings
- 10:34 – What Energy Star Certification Means, and New vs. Old Appliances
- 12:05 – Bonus Nerd Fact: Chest Freezers are Very Efficient
- 13:25 – Some Specific Product Recommendations: Streaming Sticks and More
- 17:50 – LED Light Bulbs, Smart Home Products (and Dumb Home Products)
- 20:55 – Vampire Loads and Why Surge Protectors Are Super Important
- 30:00 – Eric's Top Recommendation for Energy Savings
Featured:
How to Save Energy When Your A/C Is Draining It
It's Time to Check Your Surge Protectors
The Best Apartment-Friendly Smart Home Devices
The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Home Smart
The Best Smart Thermostats: Which Is Right For Your Home?
The Best Smart Plugs To Buy in 2021
Google Finally Announced a New Chromecast: Here's What You Need to Know
All the Reasons to Still Buy an Apple TV In 2021
Will Price gives us the download on why rum is finally having its moment.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:20 – Rum Is Excellent and Rum Is Complex
- 02:28 – Why Is This Rum's Moment?
- 04:40 – Has Good Rum Always Been As Prevalent As It Is Now?
- 07:40 – What Is Rum, Exactly?
- 08:39 – Light Rum vs. Dark Rum, and Other Varieties
- 12:28 – Isn't Rum Super Sweet Tasting?
- 14:55 – Why Will Considers Rum a "Loose Cannon"
- 17:25 – How Are We Supposed To Drink Rum? Neat? On The Rocks?
- 20:28 – The Fascinating Good and Dark History of Rum
- 21:25 – Why You Have to Buy Hampden Great House, "The Pappy of Rum"
- 24:05 – A Word on Age Statements, Rum Labels, and Prices
- 28:10 – How Will and His Team Picks Rums to Recommend
- 30:45 – Some Rums at Different Price Points That You Should Look Into
- 33:10 – Final Tips About Finding Interesting Rum Bottles
Featured:
Seasoned Whiskey Drinkers Are Switching to Rum. Why?
The 13 Best Bottles of Rums You Can Buy in 2021
From The Gear Patrol Archives – "A History of Rum"
The Best Sipping Rums from Around the World
Just Get This Rum if You're Tired of Bacardi-Induced Hangovers
A Rum That Tastes Like Dessert and 7 More Home and Design Releases
Zen Love reveals what that hole in your dive watch is, and discusses why watch enthusiasts are enamored by watches with "unnecessary" functions.
Episode Navigation:
- 1:50 – What is a Helium Escape Valve (HEV), and Where on Your Watch Is It
- 3:30 – Why Helium Escape Valves Are Needed
- 4:12 – HEVs Are Needed Specifically for Saturation Diving
- 8:54 – HEV Watches Aren't Actually Used That Often, Even by Sat Divers
- 12:48 – Manual and Automatic HEVs, How They Work, and Some Issues
- 17:10 – Why Buy a Watch With Unnecessary Features?
- 26:00 – Other Watch Brands that Feature HEVs, like Doxa
- 28:45 – Are Dive Watches the Pinnacle of Watch Style Statements?
Featured:
Why Does Your Rolex Dive Watch Have a Hole in Its Side? We Found Out
The Ultimate Guide to Dive Watches
The 12 Best Dive Watches at Every Budget
Questions to Ask Before You Buy a Dive Watch
5 Dive Watches Worn By Professional Saturation Divers
Further Details: Ubiquitous but Overlooked Elements Hidden on Your Favorite Products
Tanner Bowden discusses why vegan shoes aren't sustainable–despite being marketed as such–and explains how eco-conscious shoppers can spot dubious marketing.
Episode Navigation:
- 01:15 – Vegan Shoes ≠ Sustainable Products
- 03:03 – Vegan Shoes, Plastic, and Harmful Chemicals
- 06:55 – Olukai's Statement About Vegan Shoes and Sustainability
- 09:35 – Why Patagonia is a Sustainability Champion
- 12:21 – Patagonia Wild Idea Work Boots
- 15:45 – Mushroom Leather and Other Sustainable Alternatives
- 20:10 – Tips For Finding (Actually) Sustainable Products
- 23:40 – Why You Should Look for "Climate Neutral" Certification
- 25:43 – Adidas and Allbirds Collaboration
- 28:20 – Your Best Bet Is to Buy Used Gear, and Where To Do It
Featured:
- If You Think Your Vegan Shoes Are Saving the Planet, You're Wrong
- Adidas and Allbirds' Collaborative Sneaker Is Here
- Patagonia Wild Idea Work Boots
- From Olukai: What, Exactly, is a Vegan Shoe? Vegan Shoes Explained
- Piñatex Pineapple Leather by Ananas Anam
- In the Future, Leather Will Be Made From Mushrooms Not Cows
- Climate Neutral Certification: 200+ Brands Dedicated to Decreasing Global Carbon Emissions
Kyle Ng of Brain Dead has a philosophy about collaborations: that they should be vehicles for positive change.
Links:
This Tee Is Raising Money to Support Black Communities
Why Did the Best Female Rock Climber in the World Team up with a Streetwear Brand?
Introducing Gear Patrol Magazine: Issue Sixteen, The Summer Preview
Virgil Abloh-Designed Furniture and 7 More Home and Design Releases
You’ve Never Seen Carpenter Pants Like These
A Directory of Brands and Retailers That Have Spoken Out Against Racism
Episode Navigation:
- What is Brain Dead, and Who is Kyle Ng? — 1:48
- What is Streetwear? — 4:49
- Describing Drop Culture — 9:40
- Differing Types of Collaborations — 11:25
- Brain Dead's Philosophy on Collaboration — 16:20
- What Makes This Story Stand Out? – 21:14
- How Brain Dead Flips Capitalism on Its Head – 24:10
- Brain Dead's Focus on Building Community – 28:30
The Pan America, which costs between $17,300 and $20,000 MSRP, is loaded with tech, and enters a segment where competition is fierce.
- Review: Harley-Davidson's New Adventure Motorcycle Is Truly One of a Kind
- Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 and 1250 Special ($17,319-$19,999)
- Rawhyde Adventures Motorcycle Training
- 9 Fantastic Adventure Motorcycles You Can Buy Right Now
- The 16 Best Motorcycles for Shorter Riders
Blame Whiskey Hipsters all you want, but the real culprit here is the Three-Tier System.
Chasing Whiskey: Bourbon Is Becoming Stupid Expensive. Why?
One Good Bottle:
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof (~$65)
Also mentioned:
"Shelf Sleepers" – bottles worth picking up, even after a price hike
The Jeep Wrangler 4xe Review: the Best Wrangler, Whether You Care About Gas MIleage or Not
The Hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe: What You Need to Know
Rivian Will Copy One of Tesla's Smartest Features: Its Charging Network
The Jeep Wrangler 4xe (MSRP $47,995)
Summer is coming whether you're ready or not. Wouldn't you like a preview?
Annual subscription to Gear Patrol Magazine (now $39)
Check out Issue Sixteen: Summer Preview 2021 on its own ($20)
Subscribers get a $15 gift voucher to The Gear Patrol Store each year of the subscription, plus early access to each print issue and more.
Reactions to the biggest announcements from Apple Spring Loaded.
Show Notes
AirTags, iMac and More: The Biggest News From Apple's Spring Event
The iPhones That AirTags Will (and Won't) Work With
You Don't Need to Buy a New Apple TV to Get Its Best Feature
All the AirTag Accessories You Need to Know About
New Apple Products:
The All-New Apple AirTags (from $29; pre-order April)
The All-New iMac 24-Inch (from $1,299; pre-order April 30)
The New iPad Pro (from $799; pre-order April)
iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini, now in purple (from $699; pre-order April 23)
Apple TV 4K (from $179; pre-order April 30)
The annual Watches & Wonders show was chock-full of huge releases, but two announcements in particular really stood out.
Watches and Wonders 2021: All the News in One Place
You Can Now Buy a Two-Tone Rolex Explorer
The Cartier Tank Is Now More Accessible Than Ever: The New Tank
Like All Things in 2021, Rolex (and Your Other Favorite Watch Brands) Is Getting a Little Weird
The Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 Is Getting Its Victory Lap After All
Purchasing Advice:
“My fiancee got a new job at a law firm and I want to get him a watch to celebrate — something he’d be proud to wear in the office — but won’t actually break the bank.” - Jon, Brooklyn
- Just Get This: Tudor Black Bay 58
"I like the idea of changing my watch strap, but are there any “rules” to follow?" - Eric, Atlanta
- The Complete Guide to Watch Straps
Kind Of Obsessed:
Zen Love:
- Yema Speedgraf ($1,499)
Oren Hartov:
- The New Cartier Tank Must
Does adding technology improve a product, and if so, to what point?
Note from Nick: I didn't acknowledge Tanner Bowden's proper title – he's a Senior Staff Writer at GP, not a Staff Writer as I said in this episode. Sorry, Tanner!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Xupermask by Will.i.am x Honeywell ($299)
- The Best Face Masks of 2021
- First Look: How The North Face [FutureLight] Will Change Everything You Wear Outside
- Is Spider Silk the Performance Fabric of the Future?
- Levi’s Made a Tech-Infused Jacket You’ll Actually Want to Wear
- Which Should You Buy: Smartwatch or Fitness Tracker?
- The Best Smartwatches of 2021
- What I Learned from a Month of Whoop ($30/month)
- Oura Ring Health Tracker ($299)
- This Graphene-Enhanced Running Shoe Is the First of Its Kind ($190)
Purchasing Advice:
Small-home workout gear on a $250 Budget – Maddie, Cincinnati
- Lululemon Reversible Yoga Mat ($58+)
- TRX Suspension Training ($190+)
- Amazon Basics Dumbbells ($16+)
Beginner camping without a car – Doug, Brooklyn
- REI Rental Gear (various)
Housewarming gifts for someone you've just begun dating – Kevin, Brooklyn
- Sonos Roam Review: Almost a Perfect Portable Speaker ($169)
- 21 New Pieces of Outdoor Gear to Start Your Spring off Right
Kind Of Obsessed:
- Outer Shell Drawcord Handlebar Bag ($90)
- Outer Shell Rolltop Saddlebar Bag ($50)
- Olympus Trip 35 (used; price varies)
Tesla vs. other EVs, the Supercharger network, and a rant about April Fool's Jokes.
Mentioned in this episode:
Mercedes-Benz E63S Wagon
Hyundai Sonata N Line
Everything You Need to Know About the New Tesla Model S
Tesla’s Pickup Truck Is Here, and It’s More Insane Than We Ever Imagined
Tesla Has Strange Ideas about How to Shift, and Other News
Thinking About Buying an Electric Car? Here's What You Should Ask Yourself First
These Were the 10 Most Popular Used Cars in America in 2020
Gear Patrol's EV coverage, all in one place
Tesla Model 3 Vs. Amtrak's Acela Express: The Electric Future Acid Test
Would Tesla Be Better Off Without Elon Musk? Some Electric Vehicle Shoppers Think So
Headlines
VW Won’t Rebrand U.S. Unit as Voltswagen, Company Says
Lego bricks are terrible for the environment. These wooden alternatives biodegrade
Ship Is Freed After a Costly Lesson in the Vulnerabilities of Sea Trade
Kind Of Obsessed
2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
Genesis GV80
Reflections on fitness during and after the pandemic, predictions of future fitness trends, headlines, and gear we're obsessed with.
Mentioned in this episode:
JaxJox DumbbellConnect
Peloton vs. Wahoo: Who Makes the Better Stationary Bike?
Can New Technology Help You Get Fitter at Home? (Tempo vs Tonal)
7 Awesome Kettlebell Alternatives You Already Have at Home
Apple's Fitness+ Is a Breeze to Use — And It Really Kicked My Ass
How to Build the Ultimate Home Gym, Three Ways
What Running Gear Should You Spend Your Money On?
These Amazon Kettlebells Will Save You a Fortune and Last a Lifetime
Angela Gargano Instagram Workouts
Riders for Black Lives
The 6 Best Mini Multi-Tools of 2020
Headlines
iOS (Old School) Gives Your Phone an 8-bit Apple Aesthetic
PopGrip and SOG Make a Mini Multi-Tool That Attaches to the Back of Your Smartphone
Made is a new, Crowd-funded Brand Making Made to Measure, High-End Outdoor Apparel
Kind Of Obsessed
Nemo Chipper Reclaimed Closed-Cell Foam Seat ($20)
Chrome Barrage Freight ($200)
Priority Bicycles Ace ($499+)
What the now-discontinued Apple HomePod got right and what it got wrong during its short, three-year run.
Mentioned in this episode:
First Look: Apple HomePod
$100 Smart Speakers: Which Is Best?
The Best Multi-Room Wireless Speakers of 2021
The Complete Sonos Buying Guide
How to Use a Pair of HomePod Minis As Computer Speakers
Apple's HomePods Make a Sneaky Good Surround Sound System
More Gear Patrol Smart Home Coverage
Headlines
Rapper and Entrepreneur Travis Scott Launches Cacti, an Agave-Flavored Spiked Seltzer
It's Sleep Awareness Week
Crocs x Justin Bieber collection launched and promptly sold out
Gucci’s New Sneakers are $12 (But They Only Exist Digitally)
Kind Of Obsessed
Clairin Casimir Rum
Pro-Ject T1 Turntable
Schiit Audio Mani
Gear Patrol CEO and Founder Eric Yang talks about essentialism: "the purposeful decision to have less, and better," and how that idea quickly took over our purchasing habits over the past year of pandemic life. Deputy Editor Jack Seemer reveals his new golf "hobby," and, apparently, Eric has put together 36+ LEGO sets since last March.
As mentioned in this episode;
A Year of Pandemic Living
- Ben's Letter
- Hanes masks
- 9 Great LEGO Car Sets
- The Best Face Masks of 2021
- Peloton vs. Wahoo: Who Makes the Better Stationary Bike?
- The Essential Gear You Need to Stay Productive While Working From Home
Headlines
- Breitling Select
- Houseplant
Kind Of Obsessed
- New Balance Fuel Cell Rebel Version 2
- BMW 330i M Sport Wagon
Behind every product is a new story. That story could be rooted in the values that drove its creation, or its materials, or origin. Those hidden details are why we're launching the Gear Patrol Podcast, a weekly discussion of not just products, but the ideas and culture that surround them and bring them to life.
Join our host Nick Caruso and a rotating cast of Gear Patrol staffers as we have a good time discussing and debating what we know best: products and product culture. We hope you'll tune in every Thursday, starting March 11th.